when they sat on the couch, safia has regain her lost for words, immediately she ask her father, *What is that place, what's inside? * safia spends her entire childhood in this specific palace, but she has never come across any secret entrance apart from the one in her room, so she's quite surprised by this, and of course curious, her father spoke,
*good morning to you too dear,* she gave him a look that says, "really dad, avoiding the question" so her father started, * you weren't supposed to see that, but since you did, I'll explain, that is a secret stairway leading to a secret underground, a place field with dangerous weapons, now promise me, that you won't ever go there* She hesitated but still promised, her father continued.
* 5 years ago, the werewolves and humans used to live together in harmony, I was the minister and also the king's friend, he was human, (safia thought, 'huh, human' but she kept quite, the king was saying) he ruled both humans and werewolves in peace, until one late afternoon, he caught the eye of a beautiful werewolf girl, he married her and soon she was pregnant, that was the happiest day of his life, then one day he caught her talking to a stranger, when he asked she said it was nothing,
she gave birth to a healthy Wolfe baby boy, and the king announced him heir to the throne, but then one faithful evening he caught her with that same stranger... in bed, he was so furious that, he band the werewolf stranger, the queen, and the baby, from his kingdom, he was heartbroken and couldn't rule anymore.
So he crowned me king, and at the coronation, that stranger and the former queen attacked black moon kingdom, the king and the queen lost their lives in the battle, while I, the new king, band all werewolves from the kingdom, and since then, the son, known as hunter march, wants to take revenge and destroy my kingdom*
* now you must understand my dear, the werewolves are our enemy, and therefore we must do everything in our power to destroy them before they destroy us, I'll be in the dining hall, today we're having breakfast together*
as her father left, safia didn't know who's story to believe, hunter or her fathers, I mean her dad wouldn't lie to her, but hunter also sounds very honest, but for now, she pushed the confusing question at the back of her mind, she's going to have breakfast with her father after a very long time.
As she entered the dining hall, she spot her father sitting at the head chair, sir Anthony at he's right, so she sat to his left, and her father suddenly asked, * safia, what do you think about marriage?* safia wasn't surprised, she knows this is going to happen soon now that she's 18, and she knows just the answer to give,
* it's a good thing you asked that father, yes I have thought about marriage, and I came to the decision that, ...* sir Anthony is listening intently, because he knows she won't choose him, so he has already came up with a way to make her chose him, while her father is thinking she might say sir Anthony, he noticed she looked at him before answering, * I will not marry* safia declared.
Sir Anthony's eyes went so wide like a cartoon character, and her father almost choked on his own saliva, *WHAT!!?* her dad and Anthony both shout * What do you mean by that?* her father asked, *I thought a lot about this dad, I will only marry the one I trust, the one who understand me, ( and the tiniest voice in her mind whisper, hunter understands you) 'she quickly pushed it aside and add' and I also don't want to marry a prince*
king Travis is very not okay with this decision of hers, *do you know what you just said, you're a princess and so you must marry either a prince or someone well respected, and besides, the decision is not yours to make* * but father I don't..* her father cut her short saying, * the meals have arrived, and we shall talk about your marriage after I'm done with the werewolves, understood* she has no choice but to say, * yes...father*
sir Anthony is a little happy that the king said, "or someone well respected" he's well respected, not everyone gets to seat and have breakfast with the king, and he'll get a chance to be even more well respected, he'll show how powerful he is by defeating as many werewolves as possible, maybe even hunter march himself,
so he relaxed and eat his breakfast, when they're done, safia attends her classes, while trying her best not to think about all the questions nagging at her brain, so as night fell, she had her dinner alone, with just sir Anthony to annoy her, later her father said good night to her, and she happily slips away to see hunter.
--Hunter
As she walked towards him, wearing a purple baggy nightgown with a light purple shawl, her hair in its usual ponytail, she looks so beautiful, but there's something not right about her, she's not smiling, and she has the slightest frown on her face, wonder what's wrong?
--Safia
He looks so handsome, he always looks handsome, and he's smiling at her, she tried to smile back too but she just couldn't, there's too much going on in her head, but at least seeing him made her a little at ease, he's wearing a black t shirt with gray sweatpants, the night air playing with his long hair, he looks like he's going jogging, and it suits him, he says * hello PJ girl,* trying to cheer her up, she managed to say, * hi hunter, let's seat first*
So they sat at a big log overlooking the lake, he asked * is something wrong, are you okay* it warms her heart to hear him say that, and for a moment she consider telling him everything, that she's the princess, about her father's version of the story, the secret stairway, but instead she says
* no I'm fine, anyway, how are you* hunter replied, * well, I'm really sad* she looked at him *Why are you sad?* he reply * because your sad* She smiled and turned to the lake, hunter thought she's sad because of what he told her about the king and the past.
Safia sigh and looked at the lake saying, *isn't it beautiful* hunter agreed, * yeah, very beautiful,* When she turned she saw he's starring at her not the lake, she blushed and looked away, when she turned to look at him again, she just felt his lips on hers, and she was thankful she didn't tell him everything, or he wouldn't be kissing her right now.